defense
[di'fens]
n.防卫, 防卫物, 辩护
vt.防守
例句与用法：
The magazine's disclosure of defense secrets caused great attention.
该杂志对防务内幕的透露引起了极大的关注。
Whether a gun is a weapon of offence or a weapon of defense depends on which end of it you are at.
枪是攻击武器还是防御武器，要看你的目的而定。
The army, navy and airforce are all controlled by the Ministry of Defense.
陆海空军皆由国防部控制。
She's on attachment to the Ministry of Defense.
她现在隶属于国防部。
A park at the southern tip of Manhattan Island at the upper end of New York Bay in southeast New York. It is the site of early Dutch and English fortifications and of Castle Clinton, built in 1808 for the defense of the harbor.
炮台公园曼哈顿岛南端的公园，位于纽约东南部的纽约湾北端。1808年为保护港口而建，早期荷兰和英国的防御工事及克林顿城堡就在此地。
A defense mechanism in which there is an unconscious shift of emotions, affect, or desires from the original object to a more acceptable or immediate substitute.
移情作用; 情感转移一种防卫机制，情感、影响、愿望从原始目标潜意识地转移到一个立即或更可接受的替代对象
The Senate has voted to support the President's defense plans.
参议院已经投票支持总统的防卫计划。
The best defense is offense.
先下手为强/以攻为守。
词形变化：
形容词: defenseless | 副词: defenselessly | 名词: defense-lessness | 动词过去式: defensed | 动词过去分词: defensed | 动词现在分词: defensing | 动词第三人称单数: defenses |
详细释义：
n.
1. 【主美】防御, 保卫, 防护[U]
The shooting was in pure self-defense.
开枪纯粹是为了自卫。
2. 防御物; 防御措施[C][(+against)]
The forest will act as a defense against desert dust.
森林能起防御沙漠灰沙的作用。
3. 防御工事[P]
The defenses of the city must be strengthened.
这个城市的防御工事必须加强。
4. 辩护[C][S1]
The defense of the accused was rather weak.
被告人的辩护软弱无力。
5. 被告及其辩护律师[the S][G]
The court will be adjourned for an hour according to the demands of the defense.
根据被告及其辩护律师的要求, 法庭将休庭一小时。
6. (比赛中的)守方[C][G]
vt.
【主美】谋划抵御